ECE Spotlight

We’re excited to invite you to peruse our new digital magazine, showcasing and celebrating the accomplishments and journeys of our alumni, students, faculty, and staff this past year.

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Remembering Arne Nilsson

Dec 14, 2020 | Faculty

We fondly remember Arne Nilsson, professor emeritus of ECE and pivotal computer networking researcher who sadly passed away on December 8, 2020.

Guvenc and Lu Elevated to IEEE Fellows

Dec 1, 2020 | Faculty

Two NC State ECE professors–Ismail Guvenc and Ning Lu–were honored with elevation to IEEE Fellow in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field of electrical and computer engineering.

For Neural Research, Wireless Chip Shines Light on the Brain

Nov 19, 2020 | Research

Researchers including NC State ECE’s Yaoyao Jia have developed a wireless chip that can stimulate the brain with light and electricity.

Cranos Williams named Platform Director for Data-Driven Plant Sciences

Nov 19, 2020 | Faculty

Cranos Williams, a professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been named the director of the Data-Driven Plant Sciences platform for the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative

2020 Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Nov 12, 2020 | Faculty

Congratulations to five outstanding ECE faculty members who were promoted to Professor or granted tenure this year.

Managing data flow to boost cyber-physical system performance

Nov 11, 2020 | Research

Optimizing data flow allows ECE researchers to dramatically improve the performance of cyber-physical systems, from autonomous vehicles to smart power grids.

NC State grad Christina Koch could be first woman to walk on the moon

December 10, 2020 | WRAL

North Carolina State University graduate and astronaut Christina Koch could be one of the first women on the moon. Koch is one of 18 astronauts named by NASA to train for its Artemis moon-landing program. The space agency is aiming for a landing by 2024.

Christina Koch: Women ‘can do absolutely anything they want’

December 4, 2020 | Higher Works Foundation

Before she spent 328 days aboard – and sometimes outside – the International Space Station, Christina Koch spent five years at North Carolina State University.1 And as she prepares to deliver a commencement address to 9,100 NC State graduates in a virtual ceremony Friday evening, Koch (pronounced ‘Cook’) says NC State was about much more than the substantial physics and electrical engineering classes she took there.

NASA Interns Extending Internetworking Off-World

December 2, 2020 | NASA

Ryan Daugherty, a computer engineering student at North Carolina State University, catalogued the required installation process for a DTN ground node. This program repository and related documentation will simplify implementing new DTN ground nodes, making it more straightforward for new users to adopt DTN.

Upcoming Seminar

Soft-Matter Engineering for Wearable Electronics

Carmel Majidi
Clarence H. Adamson Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
is speaking on January 21, 2021.

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As one of only two institutions to be home to two concurrent NSF Engineering Research Centers, one of three NSF Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research Initatives, the home of the Department of Energy’s PowerAmerica institute, and leaders in the only North America IBM Q Hub, we are ranked among the top academic units engaged in scientific research in the United States.